Welcome! We are an Open adoption family with 5 kids via open adoption and 2 homegrown kids as well- all are Miracles to us! This is our way to journal and share our adventures and musings to help other understand what OPEN ADOPTION looks like to us. Please Check out the other awesome families, who are hoping to adopt, on our side bar!

Our Family ~ Nov 2017

Brandon

Brandon was adopted as a baby at 3 days old. His birth mother was in her 30's and had children previously and needed to find parents for her baby as her circumstances wouldn't allow her to parent him at that time and that's how He came to find his adoptive parents! They raised him in Las Vegas, and reared him to be an outstanding student who was self-driven and motivated to do just about anything from playing baseball and wrestling to selling candy, participating in the boy scout program and graduating in the top rankings of his class. He was lucky enough to get a little brother, Brian, who is bi-racial and was adopted, when he was 8 years old. His little brother and him are great friends.

Brian and his wife Crystal

He received his Eagle Scout when he was 14, and later at 18, served a mission for our church in the Philippines for 2 years. He learned the language and loved the culture and all the Philippines had to offer. He now speaks Tagalog b/c of his service there but, is a bit rusty as you can imagine!He had lots of fun growing up attending baseball games, concerts and being the loud, fun outspoken guy that he is. He married me about 8 months after we met at UNLV, in the San Diego Temple in La Jolla, CA on July 5th 2002. He has always excelled in business and has earned a wonderful living for our family and had great experiences doing so, these past 15 years.

I am so lucky that he lets me be a stay at home mom b/c of his determination and drive to do his very best in his career. He has been in lending and investments for 5 years & real estate for 5 years and is Currently the Co-Owner of a very successful Real Estate Company that is every growing! They are opening a second office up north and have a company trip planned for all the Agents who qualify to go- every year! This year it's Hawaii and we are taking our big girls with us! We've been before and Brandon wanted them to come this time! It's going to be great!

Brandon is a big time movie fan who loves to quote crazy movies, fly fish, mountain bike, college and pro basketball and football, take the kids on daddy dates, go on dates with me, hang in the hot tub or do yard work on our acreage! He's a fabulous bowler and usually beats everyone else when he plays. He loves reading good books & fantasy books like Dragon Lance, and he loves motivational and success books and such that pertain to his fields of interests.

Brandon at Celise's birth

He has never met his birth-mom yet, but has met his birth sister and will probably meet her someday when he's ready.I feel as his wife that He was so blessed to be adopted and be given a life of love and comfort and His mother and father raised him to be a fabulous human being, father, husband and friend. I couldn't ask for anything more!!! ~Corrine

Brandon and Corrine

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Brandon loses his voice at basketball games, owns a real estate business, his own bowling shoes and ball, camps, fly fishes and loves to play with the kids! Corrine bakes up a storm, busts out back flips, does photography, hot yoga, sewing, singing and dances around the house like a nut, with the kids! We are a lively, open couple with a passion for all that we do!

We hope this blog gives you and idea of who we are and some insight to ?'s you might have. Our family is missing someone and we are always open to welcome another child/ren into our family and all the wonderful people they come with , through adoption but, know that there are so many wonderful and deserving couples who are waiting as well. Our desire is to know that God's plan is being fulfilled and that ALL our children make it to our family- no matter how they come here. We love Open Adoption and We will see where God takes our growing family and are optimistic for the future. Thanks for taking the time to read our blog and consider our family. We are praying & waiting for not just any child/ren but, for the RIGHT ones to come into our lives!

Have a ? or want to know more about us:Contact us at corrine.ccbabyinc@gmail.comwe will give you our # over email!